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Zusatztext ' [A] first class work...significant in that it presents concrete and well-documented case studies in a truly comparative fashion...There is no book that comes close to the analysis and information presented here on postcommunist states. This is a major contribution to military sociology! military history and civil-military relations...[A] standard reference for some years to come.' - Charles Moskos! Professor of Sociology! Northwestern University! USA 'This unique book will remain a must-read in the field for years to come.' - Gerhard Kummel! Slavic Review Informationen zum Autor ANTON BEBLER Professor of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaALEX J. BELLAMY Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Kings College LondonPÁL DUNAY Director, International Training Course in Security Police, Geneva Centre for Security PolicyJAMES GOW Reader, Department of War Studies, Kings College LondonIRINA ISAKOVA Defence Diplomacy Fellow, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College LondonPAUL LATAWSKI Senior Lecturer in International Affairs, Royal Military Academy, SandhurstPLAMEN PANTEV Associate Professor at Sofia University 'St Kliment Ohridsky' and Director, Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS), SofiaIOAN-MIRCEA PASCU Minister of National Defence of the Republic of RomaniaGRIGORJ PEREPELITSA Head of the Military Police Department, National Institute for Strategic Studies, UkraineSTEFAN SARVAS previously in the Research Department, Czech Ministry of DefenceVAIDOTAS URBELIS Researcher, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius, LithuaniaTOMAS URBONAS Senior Executive Officer, Lithuanian Ministry of National DefenceILMARS VIKSNE Commandant, Latvian National Defence Academy, RigaMARIE VLACHOVÁ Director, Researcher Department, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic Klappentext This major comparative study examines the challenges that the countries of postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe have faced in securing democratic control of their armed forces and establishing civilian control of defence policy. This book explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries shape civil-military relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by leading experts, compare the experiences of the Central European states (such as Poland and Romania), the Baltic republics, the former Yugoslavia republics, Russia and Ukraine. Zusammenfassung This major comparative study examines the challenges that the countries of postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe have faced in securing democratic control of their armed forces and establishing civilian control of defence policy. This book explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries shape civil-military relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by leading experts, compare the experiences of the Central European states (such as Poland and Romania), the Baltic republics, the former Yugoslavia republics, Russia and Ukraine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Challenge of Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Postcommunist Europe; A.Cottey, T.Edmunds & A.Forster PART I: CENTRAL EUROPE Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Postcommunist Poland: The Interplay of History, Political Society and Institutional Reform; P.Latawski Democratic Control of the Armed Forces in the Czech Republic: A Journey from Social Isolation; M.Vlachová & S.Sarvas Civil-Military Relations in Hungary: No Big Deal; P.Dunay PART II: THE BALTIC STATES Democratic Control of the Armed Forces in Latvia; I.Viksne Challenges of Civil-Military Relations and Democratic Control of Armed Forces: The Case of Lithuania; V.Urbelis & T.Urbonas PART III: SOUTH ...
